One of the foremost responsibilities of language teachers should be not just to let students to acquire set phrases, but also to teach how to interact in a variety of situations, to develop and practice new language and behavioural skills in a relatively safe setting. In recent years, there has been a growing interest to integrate meaningful use of language and rich authentic communication in English classes. Yet, one of the universally effective methods in the classroom, which meets the demand of all above requirements, is a role play. In the present article the attempt is made to investigate the effectiveness of the role play in English classes of an intermediate level.
